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Gil Eanes was born in Lagos [1] in 1395. Little is known about his personal life prior to his role in the Portuguese Age of Discovery, and was considered a household servant and shield-bearer of the Infante Henry the Navigator. He was a native of Lagos on which he based his sea voyages, in the southern Algarve. [2] Statue of Gil Eanes in his ...
Other articles where Gil Eanes is discussed: Henry the Navigator: Sponsorship of expeditions: …Cape Bojador in 1434 by Gil Eanes, who overcame a superstition that had previously deterred seamen. It seems, however, that this is at best an exaggeration, resulting from the vagueness of the sailing directions reported in Portuguese sources. What Eanes mistakenly called Cape Bojador was actually ...
Gil Eannes Passes the Point of No Return at Cape Bojador—And Inaugurates a New Era in Exploration Overview. The name of Gil Eannes is hardly a household word; nor is that of the place associated with the Portuguese explorer, Cape Bojador. Nor indeed did Eannes discover the cape: the place had been known for many years. To journeyers of Eannes ...
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O navio de Gil Eanes era uma barca, sem velas latinas, nem podia bolinar contra o vento, pelo que Gago Coutinho propõe a seguinte rota de retorno: Volta do Mar, a viagem de Gil Eanes. Em 1435 fez uma nova viagem para Sul, em conjunto com Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia, tendo atingido uma área conhecida como Angra dos Ruivos ou dos Cavalos, que ...
How Gil Eannes, a native of Lagos, was the first who passed the Cape of Bojador, and how he returned thither again, and with him Affonso Gonçalvez Baldaya; Gomes Eanes de Zurara; Edited and translated by Charles Raymond Beazley, Edgar Prestage; Book: The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea; Online publication: 10 November 2010
- Gomes Eanes de Zurara, Charles Raymond Beazley, Edgar Prestage
- 2010
Gil Eanes. Gil Eanes (1395-?) was an early Portuguese explorer, and the first Portuguese sea captain to sail past the physical and psychological barrier of Cape Bojador in what is now Western Sahara. The discovery of a navigable route around Cape Bojador, in 1434, by Eanes was an important development for European sailors hoping to sail south ...
A História de Gil Eanes como Navegador. Em 1433, recebeu de D. Henrique a capitania de uma barca com o objetivo de dobrar o cabo que marcava o limite conhecido da Costa Ocidental Africana. Numa primeira tentativa, partiu e chegou às ilhas Canárias onde fez alguns subservientes e acabou por regressar ao reino, sem ter alcançado o Bojador.
